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of the region to serve them better. She would work to bring the patients closer to God. The superior of the hospital later testified that she and the other canonesses could tell that
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At the same time as she also cared for the patients in these different ways, Catherine spent nine years as treasurer of the hospital. Additionally, she was entrusted with the task of forming new candidates to the community as
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in France. Raised primarily by her grandparents, as a child she showed a marked concern for the needs of the sick and the poor. In 1644 she entered the monastery of the
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who had founded the HĂ´tel-Dieu there for the needs of the colony. On 31 May, then aged 16, Catherine set sail for the colony. While en route, she fell victim to the
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Catherine of St. Augustine died in 1668 at the hospital she had helped to run, aged 36. She was widely held by the people of New France to have been a saint.
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is celebrated in Quebec on 8 May. Her remains are preserved for veneration at the Centre
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Corporation du patrimoine et du tourisme religieux de Québec
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292:Veneration
234:New France
220:HĂ´tel-Dieu
194:Early life
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485:Biography
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153:8 May
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